Users Guide

Related
Commands
• dot1x auth-fail-vlan — Configure an authentication failure VLAN.
• dot1x reauthentication — Enable periodic re-authentication of the client.
• dot1x reauth-max —
Configure the maximum number of times to re-authenticate a port before it becomes unauthorized
dot1x host-mode
Enable single-host or multi-host authentication.
Syntax
dot1x host-mode {single-host | multi-host | multi-auth}
Parameters
single-host Enable single-host authentication.
multi-host Enable multi-host authentication.
multi-auth Enable multi-supplicant authentication.
Defaults single-host
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.4.1.0 Added the multi-auth option on the C-Series and S-Series.
8.3.2.0 Added the single-host and multi-host options on the C-Series, E-Series, and S-
Series.
Usage Information
• Single-host mode authenticates only one host per authenticator port and drops all other traffic on the port.
• Multi-host mode authenticates the first host to respond to an Identity Request and then permits all other
traffic on the port.
• Multi-supplicant mode authenticates every device attempting to connect to the network on the authenticator
port.
Related
Commands
• show dot1x interface — display the 802.1X configuration of an interface.
dot1x mac-auth-bypass
Enable MAC authentication bypass. If 802.1X times out because the host did not respond to the Identity Request frame, Dell Networking
OS attempts to authenticate the host based on its MAC address.
Syntax
dot1x mac-auth-bypass
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